If you are learning CW for contesting, I'd suggest that first you learn
keyboarding for contesting.
Touch typing (keyboarding) is an essential skill for SSB contesting as well
(I can't comment on the need in RTTY contests).
It will likely be easier to learn keyboarding at a given speed that it will
to learn CW at that speed, so the limit will be determined by your CW skills.
Having learned CW from a 33 rpm LP record when I was 11 years old, I can't
really offer much advice on learning the code as an adult.
73 - Jim K8MR
In a message dated 11/9/2008 6:38:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
kiessig@gmail.com writes:
I've decided to learn Morse, mainly with an eye toward contesting. I tried
and failed many times years ago, using the approach recommended to me at the
time - cassette tapes. I recently discovered the Koch method, and have been
using the G4FON software, but I have some questions:
-- Since the Koch technique has you learning at full-speed from the
beginning, what's a reasonable speed to aim for? What's the range that you
might see in a typical contest?
-- I've started at 22 wpm, and find that the speed of my handwriting is
often not fast enough to keep up, and keyboarding is even worse. The only
way I could imagine going faster is to copy entirely in my head. How did do
you get past that hurdle?
-- Are there any other approaches to learning that I should consider, or
perhaps better implementations of the Koch technique?
Thanks,
73, Rick ZL2HAM
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